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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: catalyst on January 30, 2011, 00:46:05 AM

Title: New food
Post by: catalyst on January 30, 2011, 00:46:05 AM

Im running really low on funds just now! And will be for a couple of weeks. I am running low on cat food so will need to buy some in the next few days. I usually get James Wellbeloved 2kg bag for about £13 and a 12 pack of Natures Menu meat for about £5. Its £20 that i really dont know if i can stretch to  :shock:

Its really good food but im wondering if i can get them something else just as good but not as pricey. Im talking dried food rather than meat as i tried to change their meat once and it wasnt pretty. Awful smelly poop!

So can any one suggest a better, cheaper food? Or somewhere i can get JWB cheaper! I have looked on line and there are cheaper bags but once you add the postage on its just the same price.

I have enough dried food left to slowly introduce a new one by mixing them.

Title: Re: New food
Post by: Mark on January 30, 2011, 01:09:59 AM

Tesco have reintroduced their premium food (I'm sure they stopped selling it for quite some time) I bought the senior version and the ingredients are pretty good 35% chicken, no wheat or cereal. I don't know the full ingredients for the adult version but the senior has things like fish oil, glucosamine, rosemary oil etc so pretty good. A 1kg bag was about £3.20

Also it P@H premium dry is 1/2 price at the moment so a 2kg is about £5.50 (for some reason they show the full price and the discount is taken off at checkout - not sure if the offer is also instore)
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/cat/cat-products-on-special-offer/cat-food-on-special-offer/
From memory, P@H is the nearest to JWB.

Again, good ingredients.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/Cat_Food/Waitrose_Active_Nutrition_Adult_Cat_Chicken_1Kg.html?ShowSwitchSMBar=3
It is shoowing as out of stock - maybe they have just started selling it again?

Title: Re: New food
Post by: catalyst on January 30, 2011, 11:46:19 AM

Thanks! I think the tesco one might be the way to go. Im heading there today so will get it. Even if they have it for a month then back to JWB.

Title: Re: New food
Post by: Mark on January 30, 2011, 11:51:49 AM

Just reread my post - I meant no wheat or dairy  :-[

I think it has rice & maize in but still pretty good compared to a lot of other foods.

Title: Re: New food
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on January 31, 2011, 08:06:15 AM

Joe & Jill's is sold in quite a few supermarkets and iirc (it's been a while since I bought it) it's not a bad dry food.  Failing that, I buy Purina One from the supermarket when I'm skint.   You could always try buying some of the JWB and something cheaper then mixing the 2 to make it go further.